Here we have Austin tacos #4 and #5. I have managed to eat only tacos since arriving here (except one tostada, which is essentially a taco laying down). Also, the best drink in town is the Tex-Mex, a sweet-and-salty Mexican martini that is served in the lobby of the Driskill Hotel. They taste best if you have three.
But I have also been writing! First up, my review of the film Objectified is now up at Fast Company (I reviewed Gary Hustwit’s first film Helvetica here at SXSW in 2007). Probably the best story I have about the movie—which is about industrial design—has nothing to do with the film itself: Gary lost his iPhone on the night of the premiere! But don’t worry, he found it. A pest-control guy named Richie called his dad, and promised to deliver it intact as soon as he banished a flock of bats from an elementary school. And then he pitched Hustwit on an idea for his next documentary.
Look for more stuff on Fast Company throughout the week, and tomorrow I’ll also be speaking! My panel with the lovely Obama Boys, designers Scott Thomas and John Slabyk, is entitled Designing Change in America. That’s at 3:30pm in Room 8. If you need a reminder about what campaign graphics looked like before the age of Obama, check out my brief history of campaign graphics before they got Obamafied.
And after that, more tacos.
